Clinton takes five at Dome Classic

Clinton's varsity wrestling team dominated at the East Jackson Team Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 20. The Redskins went undefeated at 5-0 to improve to 19-2 overall.

The 'Skins defeated Reading 59-9, Morenci 61-9, Stockbridge 67-6, Jackson Lumen Christi 44-16 and Martin 54-21.

Clinton had six wrestlers finish undefeated at the tournament. Scott Noble (125 pounds), Jesse Sexton (152), Kevin Cook (160) and Aaron Tice (215) each went 5-0 for Clinton. Lee Olivarri went 4-0 for the Redskins in the 140-pound weight class while teammate Drew Porter went 3-0 at 171-pounds.

The Redskins also had four wrestlers with only one loss at 4-1 including Eric Smither (103), Henry Kokenakes (130) and Conner Koester (135). Andrew Tice (189) went 3-1 for Clinton.

“We wrestled well today, it was nice to see our kids going out and doing what we have been working on,” said Clinton coach Kevin Beazley. “Lee Smither (2-2) and Rob Stamats (1-1) wrestled very well today. They wrestled some state qualifiers and they both had very close matches.”

Clinton wrestles next at home on Jan. 7, in a Tri-County Conference quad meet. The Redskins also host a junior varsity tournament on Friday, Jan. 9, at 5:30 p.m., and will then host their annual Dave Elliott tournament on Saturday, Jan. 10, with a start time of 9 a.m.

The Dave Elliott individual tournament is expected to last a majority of the day. Anyone interested in lending the Redskins a helping hand can contact coach Beazley or Jim Pittman at Clinton High School, 456-6511.